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Candles versus electric lines
ESI StaffThursday, May 30, 2013

More than 100 people crowded Basin Park May 23 to sing and hold a candlelight vigil in protest of proposed SWEPCO transmission lines. Many had themselves adorned with body paint slogans protesting the proposed 345 kV transmission line that would cut a 150-foot wide swath through the county, ensuing electromagnetic radiation field and herbicide applications.